1 Add the shrimp to the boiling water. 2  Cook for 1 to 3 minutes or until the shrimp are pink and opaque. 3  Drain and rinse shrimp in a colander under cold running water.
When quotation marks are put around a word in this way, they are called scare quotes. The rules for using quotation marks around a single word for emphasis have changed since people began using word processors for their writing. If a word needs to be emphasized but is not being quoted, you should avoid putting the word in quotes and use italics instead. âTheyâre,â âtheir,â and âthereâ are easily confused because theyâre homophones.
You also don't need to use the ellipsis at the end of a quote unless you are omitting words from the end of a multi-sentence quote. Use brackets around the ellipsis in this case, to show that the mark itself is not a part of the original sentence. If the original quote reads:his is the first of many important suggestions[...].. 9 Hyphens are most commonly used within single words (i.e. to connect compound words, as in well-known, or to attach prefixes or suffixes, as in self-respect). 10 Words are often added for clarity, especially if the quotation is heavy with pronouns.